From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Without paid sick days and family/medical leave, governors can’t safely reopen their economies –especially as pandemic death rates continue to rise and widespread testing for COVID-19 is still not available. [1,2] In fact, right now the majority of workers still … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Today (February 6) is the 27th anniversary of passage of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Many people erroneously believe the FMLA means paid leave, but it does not. The FMLA guarantees … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/09/08/security-stability-importance-paid-leave/#.WbaVCrKGMdU By David Elliot September 8, 2017 In 1992, Lauren and her husband Steve, of Mercerville, New Jersey, welcomed their daughter Stephanie to the family. They didn’t know it at the time, but they would become the textbook argument … Continued
From the National Partnership for Women and Families (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer): Families with children are all too aware of the urgent need for paid family and medical leave. So it is good news that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Rosa DeLauro reintroduced … Continued